I would personally like to thank and congratulate the government and people of Ireland for making the decision to legalise gay marriage. Yes, I understand that some other governments have legislated to allow it, but this is the first time (that I'm aware of) that the people have been given the right to vote on it. In addition, the vote was to recognise gay marriage in the constitution and not just a law that can be changed every few months (to improve opinion polls). CONGRATULATIONS IRELAND... WAKE UP AUSTRALIA!